US2317679A

US2317679A - Slide loop

Info

Publication number: US2317679A
Application number: US458945A
Authority: US
Inventors: Elwell George Henry
Original assignee: Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Co
Current assignee: Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Co
Priority date: 1942-09-19
Filing date: 1942-09-19
Publication date: 1943-04-27
Anticipated expiration: 1960-04-27

Description

April 27, 1943.. G. H. ELWELL SLIDE LOOP Filed Sept. 19, 1942 IN V E TOR.

Patented Apr. 27, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- SLIDE LOOP George Henry Elwell, New Haven, Conn, assignor to Eastern Tool and Manufacturing Company, Bloomfield, N. .L, a corporation Application September 19, 1942, Serial No. 458,945

6 Claims.

This invention relates to slide loops of all Wire structure.

The objects of the invention are to provide a wire slide loop having a pair of horizontal loops, in a common plane, spacedly separated in said plane by axially associated button loops; to provide such a slide loop with a vertically aligned open communication between all of said loops; and to provide means by which a looped strap may be inserted within the vertically aligned openings and each end of the inserted loop swung into its adjacent strap loop.,

Referring to the accompanying drawing the Figure 1 is an upright face view of the slide loop; the Figure 2 is an upright side view of the slide loop, illustrating the outline of a looped strap initially inserted therein; the Figure 3 illustrates in outline each end of the inserted strap loop within the button loop partially swung into their adjacent strap loops; the Figure 4 illustrates in outline a fully inserted strap within both strap loops; the Figure 5 is a side view of the fully inserted strap and a button the shank of which is seated, the button being lodged within the fold of the inserted strap; and the Figure 6 is an upright View of an abbreviated form of slide.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral l designates the upper horizontal bar of the upper strap loop 2 which comprises the wire terminals welded in alignment, as at 5A. The lower horizontal bar 3 of the lower strap loop 4 is provided with a recessed shank seat. Integrally connecting the spaced

strap loops

2 and 4, the preferred structure includes a button loop providing the button-receiving loop 6 and the button-retaining loop 1 having therebetween a passage 7A, the wire formation of which provides a pair of spaced projections 'IB out of the general plane of the slide and terminating in the constricted throat portion 8. In the structure of each

strap loop

2 and 4 there is provided the horizontally aligned spaced bar portions 2A2B and llA-AB, respectively, thus providing therebetween openings 2C-4C, each connecting with the openings of the adjoining portions of the button loop, there providing, with the opening of the constricted throat 8, a vertical central merger of openings through the slide loop extending from the upper horizontal bar I to the lower horizontal bar 3. The resilient arms 9 and ll] of the button loops have normal relative positions, as illustrated by the Figure 1, are slightly yieldable laterally outward upon the passage of the shank [2 of button ll through the constricted throat 8, in a manner which is old in the art.

In mounting the slide loop upon a strap S, an end of the strap may of course be inserted fro-m the rear within the upper strap loop 2, passed over the button loop structure and inserted from the front within the lower strap loop 4, but in so doing the slide loop so mounted must be moved along the strap to the place where it is to rest.

The mounting of the slide loop, in the manner for which patent protection is sought, locates the slide loop in the exact place where it is wanted. The strap S at the place of desired mounting is looped, .as at $3, and the looped strap is held in a vertical plane, transverse to the plane of the slide loop, as illustrated by the Figure 2, and the strap loop S3 is inserted within the? axial openings, as at 4C, 1, 8, 5 and 20, better illustrated by the Figure l. The upper part SI of the looped strap is then swung around to the left thereby inserting one side thereof automatically within the strap loop 2 behind the bar section 2B, as illustrated by the Figure 3, the opposite side of the strap being easily tucked behind the bar section 2A and within the strap loop 2. Likewise, the remaining part of the strap S2 is swung around to the right to insert one side thereof within the strap loop 4 behind the bar section 4A, as illustrated by the Figure 3, the opposite side of the strap being easily tucked behind the bar section 43 and within the strap loop 4. A taut strap S will draw the strap loop S3 down upon the button loop structure, the spaced pair of

loops

2 and 4 maintaining the slide loop upon the strap S where mounted, as illustrated by the Figure 4, against normal strain tending to move the slide upon the strap.

The button II, the shank l2 of which is secured to the material I3 of the garment to be supported, is clipped within the button loop, in a well-known manner, wherein the button H enters the button-receiving loop 6, urged through the passage 1A and the constricted throat 8, the resilient arms 9 and I0 slightly yielding therefor, and efiters the button-retaining loop 1 where it is lodged, against accidental release, behind the projections 13 which, engaging the rear of the upper portion of the button, holds the button against tilting under the inserted taut strap S, an annular edge HA of the button ll being wedged in the fold S4 of the strap S adjacent the lower horizontal bar 3, and the manner of use with that of the preferred form,

with the exception that the button-receiving loop is eliminated, the button being inserted edgewise within the open spaces 2, l and 8 of the device.

I claim:

1. A slide loop comprising spaced upper and lower strap loops, each strap loop having a horizontal bar and being in a common plane; a but--' ton loop providing an integral connection between the strap loops; a pair of projections provided by the connection and extending out of said plane; a constricted throat portion also provided by the connection below the projections; a recessed seat for the shank of a button provided by the horizontal bar of the lower strap loop; and the button loop providing therethrough a central vertical opening extending into both strap loops.

2. A slide loop comprising spaced upper and lower horizontal strap loops in a common plane; a pair of laterally spaced vertical bars providing an integral connection between the strap loops; forwardly extending projections provided by said connection; a constricted throat portion pro vided by the connection below the projections; a recessed seat for the shank of a button, said seat provided by the lower horizontal bar of the lower strap loop; and the laterally spaced vertical bars providing a central vertical opening extending into both strap loops.

3. A slide loop comprising a pair of spaced upper and lower horizontal strap-receiving loops in a common plane; a button loop positioned, and integrally providing a connection, between said strap loops, the button loop providing a central vertical opening therethrough and extending in opposite directions into the strap loops.

4. A slide loop comprising a pair of spaced upper and lower horizontal strap-receiving loops in a common plane; a button loop positioned, and providing an integral connection, between said strap loops; and means provided by said button loop and the lower strap loop for receiving and securing a button within said slide loop.

5. A wire slide loop comprising a pair of spaced upper and lower horizontal strap-receiving loops in a common plane; laterally spaced wire arms of a button loop positioned, and integrally providing a connection, between the strap loops, said spaced arms providing an opening extending in opposite directions within both strap loops; whereby a looped strap inserted within said opening and each of the single portions of the looped strap laterally swung around in opposite directions into their respective strap loops is a means of mounting the thus threaded slide loop at an intermediate place on the strap.

6. A slide loop comprising spaced upper and lower strap-receiving loops, each strap loop having an outer horizontal bar and being in a common plane; a button loop positioned, and providing an integral connection, between the strap loops in said plane; a constricted throat portion also provided by said connection; a recessed seat for the shank of a button, said seat being provided by the horizontal bar'of the lower strap loop; and a central vertical opening extending through the button loop and into both strap loops; whereby a looped strap, held in a, vertical plane, transverse to that of the slide loop, and inserted from the rear of the slide loop within said central opening,v may be inserted into threaded relation to and within both strap loops by means of swinging each single portion of the looped strap in opposite directions therein; and the shank of a button, inserted within the button loop at the rear of the inserted strap, may be urged through said throat portion to rest within the strap covered recessed seat, an edge of the button engaging within the adjacent fold of the inserted strap at the outer horizontal bar of the lower strap loop, thus securing the slide loop against sliding movement upon the strap.

GEORGE HENRY ELWELL.